Voltage-gated sodium channels: structure, function, pharmacology, and clinical indications

M de Lera Ruiz, RL Kraus - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2015 - ACS Publications
The tremendous therapeutic potential of voltage-gated sodium channels (Navs) has been
the subject of many studies in the past and is of intense interest today. Nav1. 7 channels in …

The hitchhiker's guide to the voltage-gated sodium channel galaxy

CA Ahern, J Payandeh, F Bosmans… - Journal of General …, 2016 - rupress.org
Eukaryotic voltage-gated sodium (Nav) channels contribute to the rising phase of action
potentials and served as an early muse for biophysicists laying the foundation for our current …

Structural basis for pharmacology of voltage-gated sodium and calcium channels

WA Catterall, TM Swanson - Molecular pharmacology, 2015 - ASPET
Voltage-gated sodium channels initiate action potentials in nerve, muscle, and other
electrically excitable cells. Voltage-gated calcium channels are activated by depolarization …

Voltage gated sodium channels as drug discovery targets

SK Bagal, BE Marron, RM Owen, RI Storer, NA Swain - Channels, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Voltage-gated sodium (NaV) channels are a family of transmembrane ion channel proteins.
They function by forming a gated, water-filled pore to help establish and control cell …

Structural pharmacology of voltage-gated sodium channels

S Noreng, T Li, J Payandeh - Journal of Molecular Biology, 2021 - Elsevier
Voltage-gated sodium (Na V) channels initiate and propagate action potentials in excitable
tissues to mediate key physiological processes including heart contraction and nervous …

Molecular basis of ion permeability in a voltage‐gated sodium channel

CE Naylor, C Bagnéris, PG DeCaen, A Sula… - The EMBO …, 2016 - embopress.org
Voltage‐gated sodium channels are essential for electrical signalling across cell
membranes. They exhibit strong selectivities for sodium ions over other cations, enabling the …

The structural basis of divalent cation block in a tetrameric prokaryotic sodium channel

K Irie, Y Oda, T Sumikama, A Oshima… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Divalent cation block is observed in various tetrameric ion channels. For blocking, a divalent
cation is thought to bind in the ion pathway of the channel, but such block has not yet been …

An overview of the recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy for life sciences

A Assaiya, AP Burada, S Dhingra… - Emerging Topics in Life …, 2021 - portlandpress.com
Cryo-electron microscopy (CryoEM) has superseded X-ray crystallography and NMR to
emerge as a popular and effective tool for structure determination in recent times. It has …

Gating interaction maps reveal a noncanonical electromechanical coupling mode in the Shaker K+ channel

AI Fernández-Mariño, TJ Harpole, K Oelstrom… - Nature structural & …, 2018 - nature.com
Membrane potential regulates the activity of voltage-dependent ion channels via specialized
voltage-sensing modules, but the mechanisms involved in coupling voltage-sensor …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial voltage-gated sodium channels (BacNaVs) from the soil, sea, and salt lakes enlighten molecular mechanisms of electrical signaling and …

J Payandeh, DL Minor Jr - Journal of molecular biology, 2015 - Elsevier
Voltage-gated sodium channels (Na V s) provide the initial electrical signal that drives action
potential generation in many excitable cells of the brain, heart, and nervous system. For …